English Explanatory Dictionary

Karman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. Alternative form of Kerman, Iran.

Word forms

Karman Karmans

Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from Dutch Karman, an occupational surname for a carter. * A variant of German Karmann, which shares the same origin of the Dutch surname. * Borrowed from Hungarian Kármán, an ethnic name for the Turkish people of the Karaman Province. * A Jewish surname from Russian карман (karman, “pocket”), probably a metonymic occupational surname.

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